The Unsinkable Henry Morgan

The Unsinkable Henry Morgan

The Unsinkable Henry Morgan is an innovative documentary film that follows a team of prestigious artists and experts, as they travel across the Central American country Panama to formulate the cultural impression of Morgan’s legacy.

Divers goes in search for Captain Henry Morgan’s lost fleet. In this archaeological expedition the team are on the hunt for the five ships Morgan lost in 1671 off the coast of Panama on the shallow Lajas Reef, which included his flagship The Satisfaction.

The project began in September 2010, when a team of leading American archaeologists, led by Frederick “Fritz” Hanselman discovered six iron cannons belonging to Morgan. Armed with funding from the Captain Morgan brand, the team discovered and excavated artifacts from a 17th century wooden shipwreck near where Morgan’s ships were lost.